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Yeshiva World News · Aug 20, 2026

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BD"E: Shalom Lion, z”l, father of Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, was niftar Wednesday at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv at the age of 92. The niftar was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, and immigrated to Eretz Yisrael with his parents shortly after his birth in the 1930s. Members of his father’s family who remained in Europe were later murdered in Auschwitz during the Holocaust. Lion worked in the automotive industry and for many years served as a chazzan and paytan at the Heichal Moshe shul in Givatayim. His sons, Moshe and Nissim, followed in his footsteps and likewise served for many years as shlichei tzibbur.

BD"E: Shalom Lion, z”l, father of Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, was niftar Wednesday at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv at the age of 92. The niftar was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, and immigrated to Eretz Yisrael with his parents shortly after his birth in the 1930s. Members of his father’s family who remained in Europe were later murdered in Auschwitz during the Holocaust. Lion worked in the automotive industry and for many years served as a chazzan and paytan at the Heichal Moshe shul in Givatayim. His sons, Moshe and Nissim, followed in his footsteps and likewise served for many years as shlichei tzibbur.

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